No human eye ever gleaned a sky as bright,
One September morn
As the blue above and the peace below
Were raped and scarred and torn

On 9-11 the smoke begun
Casting shadows down below
All human eyes, turned to the skies
High above Wall Street Row

Human hearts stood frozen
"What happened to our Towers?"
They were destroyed in the blink of an eye
By sadistic, satanic powers!

None as yet can understand
The vision they belie
As millions now, spy mournfully
Toward Gotham City's sky.

Robert S. Vena
Brielle, NJ
1/14/08